Bjorn Ulvaeus News

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The women of Mamma Mia! recently took the Hop On Hop Off bus around NYC

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' global hit musical Mamma Mia! will celebrate five years on Broadway on Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre with all proceeds to benefit the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America, a nationwide human services organization that helps all professionals - both performers and those behind the scenes - in performing arts and entertainment

Mamma Mia!'s Leah Hocking and Olga Merediz appeared at the WLIW PBS station in Long Island, New York to help with an ABBA-themed pledge drive

Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, with his production company Playtone, may soon be bringing the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia! to the big screen

On June 7th, the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! will welcome Leah Hocking as Donna Sheridan

Variety reports that Mamma Mia! is headed to the big screen, aiming for a late 2007 release.

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Michele Pawk has departed the Broadway production of the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

On February 8th, Michele Pawk will rejoin the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! celebrated its 5th New Year's Eve on Broadway with a record gross of $1,381,821.66 for the week ending January 1, 2006 at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre

The ABBA documentary Super Troupers is airing in time with the US national tour of Mamma Mia!

Tune in online to BBC Radio 2 at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/paige/musical.shtml beginning this Sunday, November 20th from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (EST) (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -GMT) as Britain's leading musical theatre actress Elaine Paige (Evita, Cats, Chess, Sunset Boulevard) puts the spotlight on the original cast recording of MAMMA MIA!

Mamma Mia!, which was a hit in South Africa earlier this year, is set to return for a second run in 2006

Master classes leading to a performance in the West End production of Mamma Mia! will be held in London in summer of 2006

John Dossett and Michele Pawk, as well as other performers, will join the cast of Mamma Mia! on October 19th

Mamma Mia! is supporting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation with 'Rocktober;' a 'Rocktober' calendar can also be downloaded on the show's website

Mamma Mia!, currently running at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Theatre, has reached its 32nd month of performances

A Spanish cast album of Mamma Mia! will be released on September 5th--the same month, the musical will reopen at Madrid's Lope de Vega Theatre after a summer hiatus

Super Troupers, a documentary about ABBA with clips from Mamma Mia!, will re-air on August 11th with Carolee Carmello, Judy McLane and Sara Kramer appearing on the pledge breaks